Option to remove the radius on the goal meter for the contributed amount on the sideblock.

Option to replace the Contribute Now text with a image on the sideblock.

Ability to easily change the contribute now image shown on the Forum sideBlock.

Option to be able to show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the forum sideblocks.

Postbit Settings

Option to show a donate block in the postbit.

Ability to easily change the image in the postbit block.

Option to show the postbit block on the first post only.

Eight different locations to choose from in the postbit to display the block.

Ability to set which usergroups see the donate postbit block.

Ability to easily change the postbit header title.

Ability to easily change the postbit message.

Ability to easily change the text to display it showing the postbit info in the control area of the postbit.

Ability to easily change the width of the donate block if it is shown in the signature area of the postbit.

Option to be able to toggle on / off the updating of user ranks after a contributors contributions is confirmed (only works if you add or change the contributors usergroups).

Ability to set the path to your contributor group rank.

Pro Additional Features

StyleVars

Has a stylevar, so you can change the color of the banner block background.

Has a stylevar, so you can change the border of the banner block.

Has a stylevar, so you can change the height of the banner.

Has a stylevar, so you can change the width of the banner.

Has a stylevar, so you can change the file location of the rotating banner images.

General Settings

Option to show a Additional block about Verified accounts.

Ability to change text shown on the Verified block header.

Ability to easily change the verified image shown on the Verified block header.

Ability to change text shown on the Verified block sub-header.

Ability to easily change the Change Rotating Banner Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.

Ability to easily change the Sliding Banner Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.

PayPal - Payment Settings

Option to have a image show on the PayPal payment screen.

Ability to easily change the image show on the PayPal donation screen.

Donator List Settings

Option to be able to show contributions as net amount (the amount you got after PayPal fees) or gross amount (the amount the user actually sent through PayPal), this will show everywhere the contribution amounts are shown now.

SideBlock Settings

Ability to turn off jquery on the vBadvanced donation module if it causes issues with other mods already running jquery on the vBAdv page.

Ability to set which version of jquery you would like to run if you have it enabled on the vBadvanced donate module.

Option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the vBAdvanced Module.

Postbit Settings

Ability to show the donate postbit info on different usergroups postbit, so you can select it to only show on Admin postbit, or any usergroups you have.

Ability to show the donate postbit info on one specific user.

Option to enable or disable awards from showing in the postbit of users who contributed.

Ability to set the image to display in the users postbit if they contributed.

Ability to turn off automatic deployment of the award in the postbit, so you can add it anywhere via a template edit.

Ability to center the award in the postbit.

Option to be able to show a users contribution stats.

Option to be able to select where in the postbit to display the users contribution stats.

Send PM Settings

Option to send a pm to staff, if a contribution has been auto confirmed.

Rotating Banner Settings

Option to show rotating banner, image changes every time the page is refreshed.

Fixed: Bad image links in the Lite version Admin Dashboard areaFixed: Number formatting for total amount received on the main donation barFixed: Redirect Error when returning from PayPalFixed: Incorrect links in one phraseFeature: Setting to allow for changing the the amount separator for values that can be donated to allow for using a comma ',' as a decimal separator for various languages in the language settings

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: Hotfixed 24th Nov a issue with the donation page showing up double when viewing, vbdonate.php?do=donate. (Lite and Pro)Fixed: Hotfixed 26th Nov a issue that if you were displaying donation amounts as net, they were not showing up in the forum sideblocks. (Pro)Fixed: A issue with some sites not showing the dates correctly if they changed the Locale in Language Manager. (Lite And Pro)Fixed: A issue with some sites not being able to fully import the product. (Lite and Pro)

Changes To Existing Features:Changed: Some of the code in the files to accommodate the above changes.Changed: Some of the code in the templates to accommodate the above changes.Changed: The display of the dates on the contribution lists, it now displays what you have set in Format For Date in ACP / Date and Time Options

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: Hotfixed 13th Oct a issue with a red box showing up on the forums and getting a error when you try to open your pm's.Fixed: Hotfixed 13th Oct a issue where on the vBAdvanced page you may get warnings like, Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string (bla bla bla).Fixed: Hotfixed 14th Oct a issue where the marquee would not show on some sites.Fixed: Hotfixed 19th Oct a issue with lite users possibly getting emails from paypal like so, Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notifications (IPN). Fixed: Hotfixed 19th Oct a issue with lite users when you would confirm donations and change or add groups it would move users in the ignored groups.Fixed: Hotfixed 5th Nov a issue with lite users that had a un cached template that was not even in the product.Fixed: A issue with the donate block not showing in the postbit. (Lite)Fixed: A issue with users in usergroups not allowed to use vBDonate were able to see the banners. (Pro)Fixed: A issue with the back to top button causing the sliding banners not to show on the contributions list pages. (Pro)

Changes To Existing Features:Changed: Some of the code in the files to make the mod run more smoothlyChanged: Added another row to the DashBoard to make room for the new setting group, Post Thread Settings. (PRO)Changed: Some of the code in the template for the donation page that would cause some anomalies on certain styles with certain option configurations. Changed: Some of the code in the template for the donation page so now the text above the dropdowns and the dropdowns will be centered.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:LiteAdded: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to display the time as 24 hour format (e.g., 18:06:40), or standard format (e.g., 6:06:40 PM).

ProAdded: A new vBAdvanced Module to be able to display the latest contributors.Added: A new vBAdvanced Module to be able to display the top contributorsAdded: Ability to auto post a new thread or a reply to a post when a new contribution is confirmed by PayPal, below is listed all the options to control it.

Ability to enable/disable the thread/post system.

Option to choose to post as a new thread or a reply to a post.

Option to enter the ID of the person making the post.

Option for the thread/post to count towards the posters postcount or not.

Ability to select which forum the new thread should be posted in.

Option to set the thread id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.

Option to set the post id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.

Option to set the thread as open or closed if you choose to post as a new thread.

Option to enter which post icons to use.

Option to set as sticky if you choose to post as a new thread.

Ten different options to enter the thread/post title for the system to randomly use.

Ten different options to enter the thread/post content for the system to randomly use.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: A issue with contribution amounts not showing as intended, ie: showing 10 instead of 10.00Fixed: A issue with the Back To Top button not showing on the donation lists pages, if you have 20 or more results per page set.Fixed: A issue with dates displaying as m-d-y or d-m-y if you are using a different Locale under Date / Time Formatting in the Language Manager.

Changes To Existing Features:Changed: Some of the code in the vBAdvanced module, to be more custom style friendly. (Pro)Changed: The position of the contribute image if it is shown on the vBAdvanced Module. (Pro)Changed: The template used by vBAdvanced for the contributions module, I made it show from another template, so if changes are made in the template by me for a release, you won't have to re install the module again (after this time).(Pro)

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:LiteAdded: Popup boxes on the manually entering of contributions fields so if you don't use numbers you will be alerted text is not allowed.Added: A option in the settings group Donator List Options to be able to turn off the Back To Top button on the donation lists pages.Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to show everything in the goal block one background color.Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to show the total contributions to the site above the goal meter (should be expanded with dates later).Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to show a countdown timer to goal above the goal meter.Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to set the date for the countdown timer.Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the forum sideblocks.Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to set the path to your contributor group rank.Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to toggle on / off the updating of user ranks after a contributors contributions is confirmed (only works if you add or change the contributors usergroups).

ProAdded: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the vBAdvanced Module.Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to show a users contribution stats.Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to select where in the postbit to display the users contribution stats.Added: A link in the ACP side menu to be able to download the donations as a CSV file from your database, by date range. Type of CSV downloads available, Confirmed Contributions, Unconfirmed Contributions, Anonymous Contributions, Undisclosed Contributions and Test Contributions.Added: A option in the settings group Donator List Options to be able to show contributions as net amount (the amount you got after PayPal fees) or gross amount (the amount the user actually sent through PayPal), this will show everywhere the contribution amounts are shown now.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: A issue where you would get a database error if you allowed custom amounts to be donated an a user inserted text instead of numbers, it will now throw up a popup, telling you "This Field Must Contain Numbers Only!!! (ie: ) 5 or 5.00" or what ever you specify in the phrase, and when you click on OK in the popup it clears the field.Fixed: A issue on the donation page, where it would have the entire page, or some block elements link back to the same page when you clicked on it.Fixed: A issue with the goal meter in the sideblocks or vBAdvanced module not showing properly if you reached 100% or more of your goal.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to disable jquery for the vBAdvanced Module. (Pro)Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to set the version of jquery you want to run for the vBAdvanced Module. (Pro)

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: Added phrases for the months, and am/pm that displayed on the welcome message, as they were hardcoded.Fixed: A issue with a error showing on the top of the contributions page that would affect some sites.Fixed: A issue where when enabling awards system on some sites, would result in a error going to view posts.Fixed: A issue with the text Anonymous not being spaced from the unknown.gif in the forum sideblocks, if some contributed anonymously.Fixed: (Hopefully for real this time ) A issue with contributors randomly not getting added to or moved to groups.Fixed: A issue with a missing border on the sideblock goal meter.Fixed: A issue with the footer link linking to the wrong product.Fixed: A issue with the radius on the vBAdvanced module goal meter, for the contributed amount, as it does not look good on some skins.Fixed: A issue if you have allowed undisclosed contributions, and a certain usergroup was not allowed, and a user contributed, it would insert the record in the database as undisclosed.Fixed: A issue with some sites running vBAdvanced, and displaying the goal meter in the module, and not displaying the main goal meter block on the vBCMS page, that would result in the footer being added to to the page where the main goal block would be displayed.Fixed: A error in the setting, Award Image Name under the group, PostBit Settings it used to read, Images need to be uploaded to the dbtech/vbdonate_pro/images/logo folder
it should have read dbtech/vbdonate_pro/images/awards folder

Changes To Existing Features:Changed: Removed the contribute now text or the contribute image on the Goal Block if it is displayed on the contribute page.Changed: The text size on the sideblocks for the contributors to now use the stylevar small_fontSize, this is done to be able to show longer usernames.Changed: The avatar size on the sideblocks to 20px, this is done to be able to show longer usernames.Changed: The link on the goal meter, so if a user is not logged in and they click on Unregistered on the line "Welcome Back, Unregistered" it will direct them to the register page. (For some reason this was not added in the last release as reported. )

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:Added: A back to Top button on the donation lists pages, if you have 20 or more results per page set.Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to set the width of the postbit donate block when displayed in the signature area.Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to manually place the award any place in the postbit you wish, (requires template edit).Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to center the award in the postbit.Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to remove the radius on the sideblock goal meter, for the contributed amount, as it does not look good on some skins.Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to use either the Contribute Now text or use a image instead, also works for adding the image to vBAdvanced module.Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to easily change the image used in place of the Contribute Now text.Added: A welcome message on the vBadvanced module. (Pro)

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: A issue where smaller images in the sideblocks would cause text to not center properlyFixed: A issue with pagenation not properly working on the My Contributions page.Fixed: A issue where the contribute tab was not showing on the vBAdvanced CMPS page. (hotfixed on 6-23-2012)Fixed: A issue where the "Please choose an option below..." text was not properly centered on the contribution page.Fixed: A issue if you allowed guests to contribute, on the sideblocks it would show nothing for the name, it will now show, Guest.Fixed: A issue on the Contributions List page where the Administrator Interface is, it was showing that text to all users, it will now show Viewing Confirmed Contributions.

Changes To Existing Features:Changed: The phrasing for the importer to distinguish more clearly between AWC Pro and Lite versions.Changed: Quite a bit of phrases and and templates to make them cleaner and more understandable. Changed: The link on the goal meter, so if a user is not logged in and they click on Unregistered on the line "Welcome Back, Unregistered" it will direct them to the register page.Changed: The way contributions are stored in the database and displayed through the site, they will now show like 10.00 instead of 10 makes it also work better if you accept custom amounts, it will display the exact amount instead of rounding it.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:Added: A separate page to view the unconfirmed contributions on, they no longer show on the main list, viewable by vBDonate admins only.Added: A separate page to view only the anonymous contributions on, viewable by vBDonate admins only.Added: A separate page to view only the undisclosed contributions on, viewable by vBDonate admins only.Added: A tabbed layout on the various contributions lists to switch between confirmed, unconfirmed, anonymous, undisclosed and my contributions.Added: A Contact Us form for users to send a email to the webmaster if they feel their contribution should be confirmed and not unconfirmed.Added: Usergroup permissions for who can view the My Donations page.Added: Ability for users to make anonymous contributions, vBDonate admins will see the username but all other users will see Anonymous in the Contributors Name column.Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to turn off the anonymous contributions ability.Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to allow anonymous contributions by usergroup.Added: Ability for users to make contribution amounts undisclosed, vBDonate admins will see the amounts but all other users will see Undisclosed in the Contribution Amount column.Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to turn off the undisclosed amounts ability.Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to allow undisclosed contributions by usergroup.Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the Contribute page.Added: A option in the settings group PayPal - Payment Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the Contribute page.Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the Goal Meter.Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the forum sideblocks.Added: Logos for the accepted payment types, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover to the forum sideblocks.Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to either show, or not show, the logos for the accepted payment types on the Goal Meter.Added: A block on the Contribute page to show the benefits of making a contribution to the site.Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to either show, or not show, the contribution benefits block.Added: A option in the settings group General Settings to enter what the benefits of making a contribution are.Added: Ability to mark contributions undisclosed or anonymous, on the contribution edit page.Added: Ability when manually adding contributions to, mark contributions undisclosed or anonymous.Added: If a user chooses to contribute anonymous, on the sideblock it will show unknown.gif for the avatar, and Anonymous for the username.Added: If a user chooses not disclose the amount contributed, on the sideblock it will show, Undisclosed.Added: Undisclosed amounts will not show on the total contributions block for the users.Added: A option in the settings group Change Usergroup Settings to "Not" allow certain usergroups to be moved to another group upon confirmation of contribution.Added: A option in the settings group Change Usergroup Settings to "Not" allow certain usergroups to be added to another group upon confirmation of contribution.Added: A block for the vBadvanced front page. (Pro)Added: Ability to have a award displayed in the users postbit if they contributed. (Pro)Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to enable or disable awards system. (Pro)Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to specify the image name for the award. (Pro)Added: A Awards Update Utility that you can update the users awards status if they contributed, but don't seem to be showing the award in the postbit.(Pro)Added: A direct link to the Awards Update Utility on the Contribution List page. (Pro)Added: Ability for selected staff to receive a pm when the contribution has been auto confirmed by PayPal. (Pro)Added: A option in the settings group Send PM Settings to enable or disable sending a pm to selected staff members when a contribution has been auto confirmed by PayPal. (Pro)

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: The pm to staff after someone donated had the wrong link in it to the donations list. (hotfixed on the 16th of June)Fixed: If someone just typed in their browser, yoursite.com/vbdonate.php it would bring up a error, "Fatal error: Call to undefined function print_cp_message() in /home/xxxxx/public_html/vbdonate.php on line 105" it wil now give them a invalid action popup with a go back link. (hotfixed on the 16th of June)Fixed: A issue with the donate images on the donate page having the sizes hard coded.Fixed: Added the Sideblock & Postbit settings ACP links to the dropdown menu found in the contribution goal meter dropdown.Fixed: A issue where if a user was not allowed to view the Contributor List, they were not allowed to view their own list, they now can view their list no matter what.Fixed: A issue with postbit, if you had the option to display on first post only, and the info was in the postbit control area, it would not show at all.

Changes To Existing Features:Removed: Auto confirming of donations in the (Lite) product, I was mistaken and it should not have been in there.Removed: The 15 character hard coded limit in the sideblock usernames.Removed: The hard coded fieldset border attributes in the postbit.Changed: Quite a bit in the templates to make the mod flow better with styles.Added: Ability to have edit icons next to some block elements, when you click on the icon, it takes you to the appropriate settings in the ACP. Only viewable by vBDonate admins.Changed: If you select to show the postbit info above or below signatures, it now will not span across the entire post, it will be similar in size as when it is displayed in the actual postbit area like User Info Right After Posts.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:Added: A setting to control the character limit for usernames in the sideblocks.Added: A option to display a welcome message with the users current time and date below the goal meter.Added: A setting to enter the directory of your admincp.Added: A option to turn off the edit icons next to some block elements.Added: A option to show the donate postbit info on different usergroups postbit, so you can select it to only show on Admin postbit, or any usergroups you have. (Pro)Added: A option to show the donate postbit info on a specific user. (Pro)Added: Start and Stop buttons to the marquee that users can click on to start/stop the scrolling.Added: A option to show the start/stop buttons, or not show them.Added: A stylevar to control the border attributes around the fieldset in the postbit block.Added: A stylevar to control the color of the legend text in the postbit, as vB had this hard coded to black.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: A issue with adding a contributor manually, it would add a extra day to the date.Fixed: A issue where the Contribution Actions dropdown in the sub-navbar would show up on the Contribute Tab, it is not needed there since the tab has it's own sublinks. Fixed: A issue where you would get a error trying to delete custom banners. (Pro)

Changes To Existing Features:Changed: Added usergroup permissions for viewing the forum sideblock.Changed: Cleaned up the css code that was for the forum sideblocks.Changed: Used a different icon on the header of the forum sideblocks.Changed: Removed the icon that was in the sub header of the forum sideblocks.Changed: The fieldset title on the postbit from a phrase to adding text via a option.Changed: The text inside the postbit block from a phrase to adding text via a option.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:Added: Ability to choose 8 hook locations in the postbit and postbit_legacy template to show the postbit donate block on.Added: 4 Images to the download, overwriting existing ones, the new ones have rounded corners.Added: A option to remove the currency from the forum side block, (ie: ) ( USD )Added: A option to put your own symbol for the currency before the amount in the forum sideblock, (ie: ) $ 50Added: The contributors avatar in the sideblocks instead of the $.pngAdded: Two new setting groups in the vBDonate Dashboard, Sideblock Settings and PostBit Settings, removing them from the General Settings group as that was getting rather quite large.Added: A fully customizable Marquee Block that can be set to display on four default locations, or with template edits can placed just about anywhere on the site.Added: A stylevar, so you can change the background image shown in the postbit control area for the Contribute link.

HotFixes June 16th 2012:Fixed: The pm to staff after someone donated had the wrong link in it to the donations list.Fixed: If someone just typed in their browser, yoursite.com/vbdonate.php it would bring up a error, "Fatal error: Call to undefined function print_cp_message() in /home/xxxxx/public_html/vbdonate.php on line 105" it wil now give them a invalid action popup with a go back link.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:Fixed: Potential issues with sideblocks causing style display issues on some skins, via a vB setting.Fixed: Background not showing properly on the Contribution Date column on the contribution list page.Fixed: Importer not importing donations fron AWC lite version, it was only importing from the pro version.Fixed: The setting, Enable Forum Sideblock? in General Settings not hiding the blocks if you have created them.

Changes To Existing Features:Changed: The contribution goal meter now has rounded corners, instead of looking so "blocky".Changed: Added padding between the contribution goal meter block and the forums if you show it Below Forums.Changed: Added padding around the contribute button if you show it on the contribution goal block.Changed: Added a option to hide the admin menu in the donation goal meter block.Changed: Set maximum characters to display in the sideblock for user names, so it don't break the layout of the block, or overflow past it.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:Added: A Contribution Goal meter in the sideblocks.Added: A stylevar to control the color of the contributed amount on the sideblock goal meter.Added: A stylevar to control the color of the remaining amount on the sideblock goal meter.Added: A stylevar to control the color of the border around the sideblock goal meter.